The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-29
FORAKER, OF OHIO.

AT every moment oil our lives"
wrote R1skin, I'VE should be trying
10 6Rd out, not In what we differ with
other people, but In what we agree
with them" What days and months
OF suffering and anxiety might have
been saved 10 this country had the
leaders OF the Republican party been
moved by any such divine impulse
when the civil war bad closed. They
profsssed mercy, but hats was In their
hearts. They wers then as far from
seeking ground, Of agreement with
the Southern people a. they are now.
They held that there was none; that
not even In the forms Of our State gov.
ernments. nor In the general in
depreciation OF the Federal conslitu.
ton was there any such grounds
the people Of the South were
an allen people, to be spoken Of with
contempt a. semi.barbArous, and to be
legislated for % vindictivsly O. Was
possible for expression In Eogllsh
words. The speeches In aud out Of
Congress were keyed upon the low
basis Of individual malice, sectional
hate and political jealousy. This was
In 500. Immediately upon the close
Of the civil war, the result Of long pro-
tracted sectional jealousy. The Re-
publican party, heir to the antago-
nisms and policies Of the Whig party,
aud 10 tbs fanaticism Of the free
soil party. felt and appreciated
the opportunities Its numsri.
cal strength and a,csndancy afforded
II for the punlshment Of individuals
and the degradation OF Q people who
had exhausted themselves physically
and materially In an attempt to success.
fully Withstand their usurpations Ct
power. Did Il satisfy itseli while In
power2 No. Il robbed the people
through issues OF bonds. payments Of
indebtedness, fraud, upon the inter.
nal and customs revenue, frauds upon
the treasury and quartermaster's de-
paitmentr. the sale Of legislation and
the degradation Of all branches Of the
government 70 the price Of the Credit
Mobiller. Did this not satisfy III No.
At tho s)uth II elevated the inlet.
tered and ignorant negro over the In
telllsent whites, made q farce Of legls.
lslion In nearly all the Southern
States. where bribery became the
rule. not the exception, and culminat.
cd It's vlllalny by robblng its dupes,
the negroes, OF nearly s5.ooO,0Oo de-
posted In the Ffeedman's Savings
Bank. Constant appeals to sectional
passion was lie stock In trade, while
wholesale theft was Ito purpose. i,
tho Republican party salisasd yet
No. II wants another opportunity
10 rob. II Ia not satlsAed. II
has euslaved the working cliss
90 tina, individuals might amas,
great wealth, and II has 90 poisoned
the sources Of information aud ha, sc
perverted the theory and the schem'
Of our government as - make some o.
is enslayed dupes believe ths, thelI
slavery 10 one Of the essentials TO Oh,
stability Of the Union. Have you I
recent example Of this sort Of duplicl
~, Of double. dealing. deceit and lying
Yes. ]. b. Foraker, governor Of onlo
In paper In the Forum for Angus,
"0n the Rtun OF the Republican
Party"-to power-raises again th
standard Of the "bloody shirt" AMI
denies the advance Of the country b!
an appeal 10 the most uuworlh,
passions that can move men. Why d.
he do THAI Because he wanted TO b
continued In once; he wanted 10 o.
cure the nomination Of tho Republ
can Convention a. he did yeI
terday. lie does not bslisve whs
he has written. He knows 10
much 10 believe any Of Il. Yet, GOV
ernor 90 he Ia OF sovereign State
the Union, ono OF the foremost ifol
every point OF view, he sits dow
coolly and deliberately 10 the ExscJ
tive Chamber at Columbus and s,rnI
together a series Of lies, knowing thel
10 be lies, relying upon his oniclI
I position 10 secure them believer
especially among the Ignorant dup
Of tho Republican policy Of section
! bale. Yes, II ia dlscreditable TO Amori'
thAtit is 30. In Mexico, where oil
political campAIgne are made upc
"hAta, malice and all uuchArltabl
: ness" fOrakef's piper would be res
p with pleasure asa pronunclamento
: the rights.ripe. In this cou airy, whel
. intelligence guides and freedom rule
> II CRATES harshly upon the ear as upo
the conscience and understanding ,
J intelligent and unbiased men. NJ
Foraker is q manufacturer who III
! grown rich by the robbery Of the pc
pie through the tariff. hence bis 81